Cost overruns of new Salem police facility disappointing to residents

We Salemites turned down the original bond to pay for a new police station because it was too expensive

So the city re-ran the numbers and whittled down the cost.

(Now)the demolition is barely done and already the cost overruns are starting.

This has the feel of a classic bait-and-switch. Costs are quickly rising and we residents will be forced to pay much more than what we agreed to in our bond measure.

We denied the original bond measure because the price was too high. How long until we exceed that dollar figure? In reporting the cost overruns the Statesman Journal should report on what and how much was cut from the original bond measure to whittle the cost down.

Michael RobinsonSalem

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